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Washington Wire

Updated Jan. 8, 1999 11:59 p.m. ET

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REPUBLICANS SHY from a 20-year-old sexual-assault allegation against Clinton.

House Judiciary Committee counsel David Schippers tells Democrats he plans to take the matter off the table for the Senate impeachment trial. The alleged victim has made conflicting statements about whether the...